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that the defense contractors control congress and nobody cares. i'm like okay. you guys worry about it. if you don't mind the idea of the usb depend in for his defense, hostile nuclear and leadership, go ahead. i think there's some kind of problem there. that is part of free trade. other nations manage this stuff. the u.s. historically prior to the end of the cold war had controls on this stuff because we understood they needed industrial base not only for economic reasons, but also security. interestingly enough it ties back to american history because they mention alexander hamilton before. one of the reasons he became a protectionist among the founding fathers, the guy who turned just direction. he said if we just have free trade in this new country we put together, it was a policy option. it was controversial. didn't talk about the same vocabulary, but they knew they had choices. hamilton said we are going to end up as an economic dependency of year. at the united states the entire agricultural society with minimal manufacturing and the great
that the defense contractors control congress and nobody cares. i'm like okay. you guys worry about it. if you don't mind the idea of the usb depend in for his defense, hostile nuclear and leadership, go ahead. i think there's some kind of problem there. that is part of free trade. other nations manage this stuff. the u.s. historically prior to the end of the cold war had controls on this stuff because we understood they needed industrial base not only for economic reasons, but also security....
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the interesting thing is that it's not just an issue of national defense. if you look into the history, and, by the way, it goes back to the renaissance, and protections first emerged under rational discussion in the italian renaissance between a myth out there that economics began with adam smith. it's really not true, but what you discover, if you look back 500f the history, you discover every economically developed nation got that way practicing some protectionism, not just the united states, but also the other developed colonial countries like canada, australia, even south africa, strangely enoughing and then you turn back europe, first industrialized country, the u.k. turned aggressively to free trade in the mid-19th century, but prior to that, they were the most protectionist country in europe. there's a phrase that you may have heard if you cross the paths with economic history. there's a myth out there promoted by free traders that mother tiles was about kings who wanted to horde barrels of gold in the palace. i have to observe having gold is the on
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states. 52 years we don't have a fully deployed missile defense system. there hasn't been the soviet union, reason enough, we still don't have a fully deployed missile defense. 1981, the ranking republican in the house, the minority leader chaired the session was just asking me have you done this mandate, what is going to be your main context going here in the new congress? tell me how we can work together? i started talking about defense and john lehmann's vision for 600 ship navy and to the president's newly elected president reagan and his inaugural address and we talk about others things, social security reform at that point and said we don't talk about training. by 2005, a president in the white house, but the dust go around the country, there's a problem. there's a problem with this program. and the way it is we have got to do what really needs fundamentally changed how so how intertwined? what was your part of the vision back then when you got started with heritage thinking about the conservative movement? >> going back to my early formative time,
states. 52 years we don't have a fully deployed missile defense system. there hasn't been the soviet union, reason enough, we still don't have a fully deployed missile defense. 1981, the ranking republican in the house, the minority leader chaired the session was just asking me have you done this mandate, what is going to be your main context going here in the new congress? tell me how we can work together? i started talking about defense and john lehmann's vision for 600 ship navy and to the...
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the conditions of the defense camp for the part of a detainee with the extended detention, the hope of getting out of guantanamo bay, the first part of that ended there is an application of the geneva convention and they were in discussions. when they didn't happen that had the second hundred strike. the restraint was introduced. it is now was a hunger strike occurring with very different circumstances. the last converse strike seemed to have been broken by the use of the force feeding because the numbers dropped off dramatically during the force feeding. in addition, you have to believe that there was some hope in association with that that the detainee's salles in addition to a forced feeding. this time we are dealing with force feeding and hundred strikers who may have much less hope. in fact, the reason for the hunger strike is an absence of hope so we are concerned that force feeding is being used, second we don't have a lot of transparency on how that is being done and third, it is very hard to see how we are going to have a reasonable doubt come here without some sort. .. probab
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programsand il defense is an essential component of securing the interest of the country. i certainly would never sign off on any budget that would lessen that ability to fulfill that commitment to the country. i speak for the chairman and every leader in the pentagon, so it is my sense that it does purport with our requirements, add anything? >> happy to have someone give you a lay down of the lay of the land, what we've done this year and why and where it's going. i'alo sy ballistic missile e is an in.stment it's also -- it can get to be extraordinarily expensive, and so what we have to do is balance defense and offense. i often use the phrase that at some point, you have to stop worrying about the arrow and start worrying about the archer, and i suggest to the potential adversaries we have not forgotten, that we also have capabilities to deal with the archer. >> thank you. i look forward 20 that ongoing discussion, and i would think all three of you for being here, thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator cruz. relative to the facilities overseas that are being cl
programsand il defense is an essential component of securing the interest of the country. i certainly would never sign off on any budget that would lessen that ability to fulfill that commitment to the country. i speak for the chairman and every leader in the pentagon, so it is my sense that it does purport with our requirements, add anything? >> happy to have someone give you a lay down of the lay of the land, what we've done this year and why and where it's going. i'alo sy ballistic...
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this goes well beyond the purpose of self-defense. the desire to arm ourselves against a young man or willing who willingly risks their lives to defend our freedom -- soldiers, navy, marines, air force -- is not a reason to oppose an assault weapons ban. the wish to arm ourselves against the police who keep our streets safe is not a reason to oppose an assault weapons ban. i believe that as americans, we have a right to arm ourselves against criminals, but we don't need the ability to arm ourselves against the army or the police. the united states military is not out to get us. federal law enforcement, local police departments are not out to get us. these conspiracy theories are dangerous and they should be put to rest. in the real world, not this conspiratorial world that some live in. in the real world in addition to mowing down first graders assault weapons are used to shoot down the very people who are sworn to protect us. here's one real-world example in nevada. after serving nine months in afghanistan with his national guard uni
this goes well beyond the purpose of self-defense. the desire to arm ourselves against a young man or willing who willingly risks their lives to defend our freedom -- soldiers, navy, marines, air force -- is not a reason to oppose an assault weapons ban. the wish to arm ourselves against the police who keep our streets safe is not a reason to oppose an assault weapons ban. i believe that as americans, we have a right to arm ourselves against criminals, but we don't need the ability to arm...
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a significant improvement in the relationship between the va and department of defense. we may be dealing with two separate agencies. but we're dealing with one human being who goes through the dod in to the va. i believe that this year's budget request, especially within the overall budget restrains facing congress again reflects a strong commitment by this administration to providing veterans and their families with a care and benefits they deserve. this year's total budget ask is $15 12.7. -- -- this is a 10.12 increase over last year's enacted amount. while the va presented -- while the va budget presented by the administration is a strong one, and i applaud the.for that. i remainly deeply disappointed that the white house included budget request the chained cpi. it would mean major cut in social security and the benefit of disabled veterans receive. veterans who started receiving va disability benefits at age 30, would have the benefit reduced by $14,025 at age 45, $23,041 at age 55 and all but $3,000 a year at age 65. tens of thousands of dollars within their lifet
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i know, you're not secretary of defense. but the top line considerations where you have moved to try and help offset some of the cost of the sequestration lookinged at which are far surplus to what we need at home and abroad and maybe stopping the decline and the% age that military personnel pay the retiree for their health care. which is actually going down. it's going up for everybody else. some of my friends on the other side of the aisle particularly those responsibility are somehow pretenlding this would be outrageous. it's a violation of all that is holly and not going get their support. can we move forward with the department of defense if we don't start looking at some of the areas? >> congressman, not currently in my area of responsibility i spent a great deal of time working defense department during the plan. i think that the strategic plan the defense department put together to save $500 billion over ten years is one of the best piece of strategic budget planning i have ever seen. it reflects military and civilia
i know, you're not secretary of defense. but the top line considerations where you have moved to try and help offset some of the cost of the sequestration lookinged at which are far surplus to what we need at home and abroad and maybe stopping the decline and the% age that military personnel pay the retiree for their health care. which is actually going down. it's going up for everybody else. some of my friends on the other side of the aisle particularly those responsibility are somehow...
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it's something that the department of defense and all of those responsible for the missile defense capability and our strategies and the tactic it's a real issue. it's one we are dealing with. we have to deal with it. ii think it's like all of the issues. how do you deal with it? what are we doing? one way to deal with it is the third site i don't know -- if you have, would you let us know what that is? >> as you know, we were instructed through the national defense authorization act to conduct environmental impact statementings looking at possibility of putting a site on the east coast. that investigation, that study is underway. of his year.ve a complete by the we'll obviously share that with the congress. >> oka thti i have, mr. secretary, the commitment made by the president in order to get the votes necessary for that, and i -- those commitments have not been met. and what i would like to get from you, for the record, there wouldn't be time now is will you support the product that the president talked about in order get the votes that he got for the new star treaty? in other words noting
it's something that the department of defense and all of those responsible for the missile defense capability and our strategies and the tactic it's a real issue. it's one we are dealing with. we have to deal with it. ii think it's like all of the issues. how do you deal with it? what are we doing? one way to deal with it is the third site i don't know -- if you have, would you let us know what that is? >> as you know, we were instructed through the national defense authorization act to...
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department of the defense. first, then we look at the reality of what we're going to be dealing with. from that comes the numbers and how we prepare to make that cut. >> will that yield an outline, a budget give to us? give to congress that takes in to account that number at least for fy14? >> i don't we're talking about sending up a new budget, but we're certainly working with the congress and the appropriate committees on how we intend to move forward. and let me ask the comptroller. if he wants to anything to this. >> no. i expect to send up another budget and provide information. >> i don't want to get bogged down in the se semantics. the point is, when will we see your recommendation about how you deal with the number starting fy14? >> i mean i think it would be sometime after may 31st we need to give the secretary time to review it. >> we will see that sort of proposal whether you want to call it a new budget or whatever you want to call it? >> i would assume at some point if the secretary agrees whether
department of the defense. first, then we look at the reality of what we're going to be dealing with. from that comes the numbers and how we prepare to make that cut. >> will that yield an outline, a budget give to us? give to congress that takes in to account that number at least for fy14? >> i don't we're talking about sending up a new budget, but we're certainly working with the congress and the appropriate committees on how we intend to move forward. and let me ask the...
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is also a number of the defense policy advisory board. and so he goes over to iraq. he's the only member of this board that goes their indices it's a disaster. there's an insurgency mounted and nobody knows what to do about it. now, he comes back feeling really upset because, feeling pangs of guilt because he was advising this administration. he had advocated for this war. his son had recently joined the army and is going to be sent to iran. -- iraq tickets can be said to dismiss. that he sort of help create. so he thinks, well, he has to do something about this. so he sets up a similar in vermont and he goes through his rolodex answer is military journal but he invites everybody to be confined who has written anything remotely interesting about the subject of water. and he comes up with about 30. and they all assembled for five days to discuss these things. the pivotal think about this meeting is not so much what they discussed as that they met. most of these people didn't know each other before. they didn't know of one another's existence. they thought they were ou
is also a number of the defense policy advisory board. and so he goes over to iraq. he's the only member of this board that goes their indices it's a disaster. there's an insurgency mounted and nobody knows what to do about it. now, he comes back feeling really upset because, feeling pangs of guilt because he was advising this administration. he had advocated for this war. his son had recently joined the army and is going to be sent to iran. -- iraq tickets can be said to dismiss. that he sort...
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there has been a pullback from that by department of defense. i'm curious about that. >> we are both still permitted to a seamless transition of service members in tech va. that has not changed. we are both also committed to electronic health record that we share in common. in the language that we have come to use of the past four years of growing the concept, it is a single joint common integrated electronic of record, open to architecture, not the criterion designed and and all of those terms are code to keep us focused on what we want in an electronic of record, one that we share together and one that will be as good five years from now as it is on the day we first invest in purchases. as opposed to being phased over and over again with an aging electronic of record, we somehow have to refinance years down the road. so this is the concept that we have committed ourselves to. and i would say my sense is we have not backed away from that, although the secretary who has just arrived is in the midst of getting into this issue. i have agreed that
there has been a pullback from that by department of defense. i'm curious about that. >> we are both still permitted to a seamless transition of service members in tech va. that has not changed. we are both also committed to electronic health record that we share in common. in the language that we have come to use of the past four years of growing the concept, it is a single joint common integrated electronic of record, open to architecture, not the criterion designed and and all of those...
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he's a former defense defense attorney very well. i want to try to get to if we can clarity on the issue, which sthink of is e theydes my first question is, and if you could keep these answers as much as possible to yes or now so i can get through his many s possible, did dod officials consort you are members of your department regarding the decision to designate attacks on military and civilian personnel at the mac to work with violence? >> this is answer that is not yes or no. i'm just not familiar when interaction with advocate a part of defense with regard to this issue. >> of the witness would yield. this is a gentleman prosecuted by dod, by the department of defense, not the department of justice. john mchugh is a former republican is in his second term in the obama administration. this is a military procedure in terms of the trial of this gentleman and i want to make sure the record is clear, even though the gentleman is a great member and has every right to question that is not something the department of justice's handling.
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but for the left the defensive crouch at least makes sense. liberalism's main purpose today is to defend its past gains from conservative reform. but negativity on the right, to my mind, makes no sense at all. the left has created this false narrative that liberals are for things, and conservatives are against things. when we concede this narrative even just implicitly, we concede the debate before that debate even begins. and yet too many of us, elected conservatives especially, do it anyway. we take the bait. a liberal proposes an idea, we explain why it won't work, and we think we've won the debate at that moment. but even if we do, we reinforce at ivat i'm talking about; winning battles while we're losing the war at every step. this must be frustrating to the scholars of the heritage foundation who work every day producing new ideas, ideas about what conservatives can be for. but it should be even more frustrating to the conservatives around the country that we as elected conservatives were, in fact, elected to serve. after all, they know
but for the left the defensive crouch at least makes sense. liberalism's main purpose today is to defend its past gains from conservative reform. but negativity on the right, to my mind, makes no sense at all. the left has created this false narrative that liberals are for things, and conservatives are against things. when we concede this narrative even just implicitly, we concede the debate before that debate even begins. and yet too many of us, elected conservatives especially, do it anyway....
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intelligence agency and entire defense enterprise. many of whom are formerly deployed directly supported u.s. and allied military forces in afghanistan and 141 countries and 262 locations around the world. i have been the director for nearly eight month now i cannot emphasize how proud and privileged i am to serve our nation in this capacity. as our defense strategy highlights our nation at the moment of transition. the global security environment as director clapper just stated presents increasingly complex challenges and growing list of threat and adversary. and demands on the united states intelligence system have skyrocketed in recent years they are only expected to increase. the united states faces an uncertain security environment marked by a broad spectrum of dissimilar threat from nation states, nonnation state actors, highly adaptive transnaiol terrorist ne proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and looming and dangerous threat of cyberattacks against our defense coour nation'scritical infrastructure. i view this latte
intelligence agency and entire defense enterprise. many of whom are formerly deployed directly supported u.s. and allied military forces in afghanistan and 141 countries and 262 locations around the world. i have been the director for nearly eight month now i cannot emphasize how proud and privileged i am to serve our nation in this capacity. as our defense strategy highlights our nation at the moment of transition. the global security environment as director clapper just stated presents...
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we're working with multiple agencies, including the department of defense, and i think we'll implement those changes in the law in the manner which congress intended. >> thank you. senator shelby. >> mr. cordray, good morning. the financial stability oversight council, of which cfpb is a member, was given broad authority to eliminate market expectations that any american firms too big to fail. do you agree that as a member of fsoc, that you have a responsibility to contribute to these discussions and help identify threats to our financial system? >> that is a responsibility congress has given me by law. >> you believe you have that responsibility. >> i do. >> do you believe that all systemic risks have been contained and too big to fail expectations that large institutions will not be allowed to fail has ended or still assessing threats? >> my perspective on this is sort of limited and more recent. i was not here in washington and not directly involved in the events of the financial crisis. i was the treasurer of ohio at the time, overseeing billion office dollars in public financeses.
we're working with multiple agencies, including the department of defense, and i think we'll implement those changes in the law in the manner which congress intended. >> thank you. senator shelby. >> mr. cordray, good morning. the financial stability oversight council, of which cfpb is a member, was given broad authority to eliminate market expectations that any american firms too big to fail. do you agree that as a member of fsoc, that you have a responsibility to contribute to...
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all of these factors play significant demands on the defense intelligence agency and the entire defense enterprise. as stated above i believe the most -- threat of cyberattacks through the daily occurrences of threats or damaging a variety of levels and not only persistent and dangerous but likely have serious damage to our national security is very real. potential adversaries are increasingly more capable of conducting cyberoperations. cyberattacks remain an important and increasing transnational threat to the security of the united states with state actors such as china russia iran and north korea integrating theselii io thei intelligence gathering methods and warfare doctrine. malicious actors including terrorist organizations have also demonstrated awillingness and capability of cyberset means to attack u.s. interests. one final point with regard to cyberattacks that we need to keep in mind. behind these attacks are human beings and some are nonstate individuals, some are state sponsored network studies with increasing capabilities and harmful intentions to do damage to our national
all of these factors play significant demands on the defense intelligence agency and the entire defense enterprise. as stated above i believe the most -- threat of cyberattacks through the daily occurrences of threats or damaging a variety of levels and not only persistent and dangerous but likely have serious damage to our national security is very real. potential adversaries are increasingly more capable of conducting cyberoperations. cyberattacks remain an important and increasing...
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they are not defenses but there is something about what's going on here. which is more laudable than the report makes a. i mean, i think i speak for everybody when i say that the level of thoroughness that was brought to this is second to none. we hope that even if there's some disagreement on the remedial side, that we all agree the report will place very powerful limits on what accounts -- to difficult situations we face in the past in which we must do everything in the future to avoid. >> let me also just and brief mention on the political part of the question. there's a lot like, not in my backyard for a project in this regard. there's a strong feeling among many, both sides of the political aisle, that these people that were brought to justice, put in a prison would be a danger to the united states, security problem for the united states. that has not proven to be true in other terrorist actions. the civil courts, the federal courts have been able to try these cases, get convictions. i think there's something like 300 prisoners that fall under the rub
they are not defenses but there is something about what's going on here. which is more laudable than the report makes a. i mean, i think i speak for everybody when i say that the level of thoroughness that was brought to this is second to none. we hope that even if there's some disagreement on the remedial side, that we all agree the report will place very powerful limits on what accounts -- to difficult situations we face in the past in which we must do everything in the future to avoid....
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towers or our intelligence community or our defense capability. we have to understand that each generation must meets its own challenges and redefine this question with our eyes open to practical effects without blinders on of absolutism or ideology. as i look back on history, the great accomplishments of this body, the great accomplishments of this government have rarely, if ever, been victories for one side or the other. instead, they've been based upon hard-fought battles and grudging compromise. recognition of national needs along with local interests. and a willingness to honor our most basic charge to form a more perfect union. i hope in a small way to contribute to this, to contribute to the search for solutions that are practical and effective. i'm caucusing with the democrats but i agree with enzi and alexander on the marketplace fairness act, i agree with them but with blumenthal and kaine on guns. i agree with blumenthal and kaine on guns but with coburn on duplication and regulation. but i agree with murray on the budget. we face serio
towers or our intelligence community or our defense capability. we have to understand that each generation must meets its own challenges and redefine this question with our eyes open to practical effects without blinders on of absolutism or ideology. as i look back on history, the great accomplishments of this body, the great accomplishments of this government have rarely, if ever, been victories for one side or the other. instead, they've been based upon hard-fought battles and grudging...
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, that we did in fact passed a defense appropriations bill. we didn't do a lot of those. within the context, we were able th wt weaecognize thaitization r deease funding? >> the national intelligence program, which i manage straddles two independent tions these. the bulk of program is carried in the department of defense budget. so not to get to be in a sequestration arcana here, but the net, the program was divided into 700 ppa from the planned program activities that covers the entire extent. every one of those had to be eat late taxed. the congress imposed a more onerous, more restrict it from a comma rules that on my ability to move money from ppa to ppa. i have small pdas with not a lot of money but for whatever reason decided there needed to be more over the national intelligence program. the effect of the fy 13 of her rations that did help us in that it allowed us to move money around civic and that the money into the path we are committed to by virtue of the fact were five men in before we got a bill. sowo ba dister t it. a cab structu
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our diplomatic our defense contractors now have to go and hide their worship behind a walled compound. afghanistan, while the surge was going on, over 100,000 american troops on the ground, joined saudi arabia as the only other country in the world that became so intolerant they did not have a single church. the obama administration knew about it and actually reported about in the state department religious freedom, which is still the gold standard for human rights reporting. but at the time it was happening they said nothing and did nothing. so on our watch this has happened. the bush administration, two-thirds of the christians in iraq were driven out. we have it in the book about conversations we had about secretary rice at the time saying please protecting. again, we had 100,000 troops on thground and she said no, we cannot get involved. it's sectarian here. meanwhile, the united states had just installed a shiite government in iraq and was negotiating on the path of sunni leaders to get sunni appointments in the government. so it just rang true. >> it does seem as i listen becaus
our diplomatic our defense contractors now have to go and hide their worship behind a walled compound. afghanistan, while the surge was going on, over 100,000 american troops on the ground, joined saudi arabia as the only other country in the world that became so intolerant they did not have a single church. the obama administration knew about it and actually reported about in the state department religious freedom, which is still the gold standard for human rights reporting. but at the time it...
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i think that makes sense as a self-defense weapon. that is why the assault ban is not going to pass. less than 2 or 3% of all pherdz in this country are -- murders in this country are committed with a rifle of any kind. most murders are committed with handguns. at the end of the day the magazine limitation is not going to fail because it doesn't address the problem. in the hands of a mother, six rounds are not enough. in the hands of a criminal, one is too many. the ar-15, four million guns available, assault weapons, very popular selling gun. i think under heller that type of weapon would be protected. it's not the guns you own. it's who owns it. at the end of the day the universal background check are not going to make it. senators manchin and toomey are trying to find a solution in a smaller way. here's my concern about background check. last year 80,000 people failed the background check. 9,000 who failed the background check were convicted felons on the run from the law. and 44 people were prosecuted out of 80,000. of those 9,000
i think that makes sense as a self-defense weapon. that is why the assault ban is not going to pass. less than 2 or 3% of all pherdz in this country are -- murders in this country are committed with a rifle of any kind. most murders are committed with handguns. at the end of the day the magazine limitation is not going to fail because it doesn't address the problem. in the hands of a mother, six rounds are not enough. in the hands of a criminal, one is too many. the ar-15, four million guns...
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but for the left the defensive crouch at least makes sense. liberalism's main purpose today is to defend itself past gains -- its past gains from conservative reform. but megativity on the right, to my mind, makes no sense at all. the left has created this false narrative that liberals are for things, and conservatives are against things. when we concede this narrative even just implicitly, we concede the debate before that debate even begins. and yet too many of us, elected conservatives especially, do it anyway. we take the bait. a liberal proposes an idea, we explain why it won't work, and we think that we've won the debate at that moment. but even if we do, we reinforce that false narrative that i'm talking about. winning battles while we're losing the war at every step. this must be frustrating to the scholars of the heritage foundation who work every day producing new ideas, ideas about what conservatives can be for. but it should be even more frustrating to the conservatives around the country that we, as elected conservatives, were in
but for the left the defensive crouch at least makes sense. liberalism's main purpose today is to defend itself past gains -- its past gains from conservative reform. but megativity on the right, to my mind, makes no sense at all. the left has created this false narrative that liberals are for things, and conservatives are against things. when we concede this narrative even just implicitly, we concede the debate before that debate even begins. and yet too many of us, elected conservatives...
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s 2010 quad perennial defense review -- quadrennial defense review states climate change may act as an accelerant for instability and that in turn would place burdens on civilian institutions and militaries around the world . the top commander in the pacific, admiral samuel locklear, said the biggest long-term security challenge in the pacific is the climate change . as the pacific commander, he understands the impact that sea level rise and extreme weather events can have on our military resources and on civilian populations in the pacific . my constituents in minnesota also understand that the threat of climate change . that's why recently nearly 400 people gathered at a local lutheran charge in wilmer, minnesota, to talk about climate change . wilmer is not a big city, so when this many people gather in one place, you know it's a big deal . they're concerned about climate change and the marked increase in severe weather occurrences . but when they look to washington, they see a disconnect . they see a disconnect between what the country is experiencing and what washington is doing a
s 2010 quad perennial defense review -- quadrennial defense review states climate change may act as an accelerant for instability and that in turn would place burdens on civilian institutions and militaries around the world . the top commander in the pacific, admiral samuel locklear, said the biggest long-term security challenge in the pacific is the climate change . as the pacific commander, he understands the impact that sea level rise and extreme weather events can have on our military...
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is our first line of defense and we need to step up. we need to be responsible. we need to get this passed. >> if i may, one thing, and that is, when it became possible that we would not have assault weapon ban or we would not have a prohibition on future sales of high-capacity magazines, it made a background check bill even more important for it to be as strong as it could be. because not having successes in terms of reducing the number of guns that are out there. 300 million guns out there already. this background check is really very, very important, and i thank you again, you and the task force, for your leadership on it. you and representative king for your leadership on presenting this bill in the house, and we hope to be able to say by the time we meet again that we have an overwhelmingnmber of come in a bipartisan way, of cosponsors and that the american people have weighein, not only forcosponsorship but for a vote. thank you all very much. >> thank you. >> house speaker john boehner also held his weekly briefing shortly after this one. in which he also
is our first line of defense and we need to step up. we need to be responsible. we need to get this passed. >> if i may, one thing, and that is, when it became possible that we would not have assault weapon ban or we would not have a prohibition on future sales of high-capacity magazines, it made a background check bill even more important for it to be as strong as it could be. because not having successes in terms of reducing the number of guns that are out there. 300 million guns out...
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the ceos reacted defensively. they said we have lo-fat this, low sugar, if they really want that, they can buy those alternative products. we are beholden both to consumers and our own share holders. they left the meeting basically going back to what they've been doing and continue to do which is having a deep reliance on salt, sugar and fat. >> host: so what are processed foods? how do you define them? >> guest: you know, processed foods, and i'm mostly looking at what people call ultra processed food. because, look, even a baby carrot can be defined as a processed food because it doesn't grow that way in the ground. it's a regular carrot that gets shaved into the baby form. but typically, from my sense, processed foods are those things that talk sort of natural ingredients and highly refine them, highly process them, and the formulas, too, of the products that i'm writing about in the book are incredibly dependent on salt, sugar or fat. and it's not, it's not a mystery. you can pick up the label, and you can see
the ceos reacted defensively. they said we have lo-fat this, low sugar, if they really want that, they can buy those alternative products. we are beholden both to consumers and our own share holders. they left the meeting basically going back to what they've been doing and continue to do which is having a deep reliance on salt, sugar and fat. >> host: so what are processed foods? how do you define them? >> guest: you know, processed foods, and i'm mostly looking at what people call...
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i co-founded and continued to co-chair the board for kids in the defense. the issue is to provide legal counsel to children who are going through immigration removal process but have been separated from their parents, precisely the individuals the refer to. and as you mentioned, there has been an increase in this number in recent years. we are making heroic efforts across the country to the help of over 160 volunteer law firms, companies, law schools. over 5,200 lawyers. now volunteering their time to provide legal representation. as you point out, we have had clients as young as two years old. and a child who is two years old who does not have a lawyer and is not have a parent is basically defenseless when it comes to an incredibly important legal proceeding. and the bill before you does some very important focused things to help address this, as you pointed out. mandates the attorney-general said there can be legal counsel appointed. irresponsibility the work on this which makes perfect sense given that responsibility when need to continue to recruit more
i co-founded and continued to co-chair the board for kids in the defense. the issue is to provide legal counsel to children who are going through immigration removal process but have been separated from their parents, precisely the individuals the refer to. and as you mentioned, there has been an increase in this number in recent years. we are making heroic efforts across the country to the help of over 160 volunteer law firms, companies, law schools. over 5,200 lawyers. now volunteering their...
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with the north koreans over the years that we've been talking to them was when former secretary of defense perry went to pyongyang in the spring of 999, and i was with him on that mission. one of the things on the table there was a very sharp set of choice that is we laid out for the north koreans. we presented two paths for north korea to travel down. one of them was the path of engagement and cooperation and dialogue and denuclearization, and the other part we summed up, essentially, by saying you don't want to go there. but bill perry made it very clear what that other path might entail for north korea. so it seems to me that if and when -- and i hope it's when rather than if -- we get back to some sort of a negotiation with the north koreans, it's going to be absolutely critical for us to sharpen north korea's choices, to make it as clear as possible the dangers that they're running by their pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile capability and the fact that the united states has not yet by any means exhausted the policy options that are open to us including covert activities
with the north koreans over the years that we've been talking to them was when former secretary of defense perry went to pyongyang in the spring of 999, and i was with him on that mission. one of the things on the table there was a very sharp set of choice that is we laid out for the north koreans. we presented two paths for north korea to travel down. one of them was the path of engagement and cooperation and dialogue and denuclearization, and the other part we summed up, essentially, by...
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defense intelligence professionals and service members in harm's way need absolutely clear orders on the treatment of detainees, requiring at a minimum compliance with common article iii of the geneva convention. this was not done. civilian leaders and military commanders have an affirmative responsibility to insure that their subordinates comply with the laws of war. president obama has committed to observe the geneva conventions through an executive order, but a future president could change it by the stroke of a pen. congress, one of our recommendations, needs to work with the administration to strengthen the torture statute, the war crimes exact the uniform code of military justice to remove loopholes that allow torture to occur. in terms of cia, we did not have access to classified information. this is the reason we're asking the administration to review much of the classified information to see what can be released without compromising national security and to provide more transparency and light on how the policy decisions were made. dr. david gushy would be happy to answer que
defense intelligence professionals and service members in harm's way need absolutely clear orders on the treatment of detainees, requiring at a minimum compliance with common article iii of the geneva convention. this was not done. civilian leaders and military commanders have an affirmative responsibility to insure that their subordinates comply with the laws of war. president obama has committed to observe the geneva conventions through an executive order, but a future president could change...